Nurses protest Salinas hospital conditions at candlelight vigil

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More than 150 nurses and patient advocates march along South Main Street in Salinas toward Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital on Thursday during a candlelight vigil protesting patient care conditions and proposed reductions to nurse staffing levels. SVMH nurses have been without a contract for nearly a year. Marchers followed the route taken by late labor leader Cesar Chavez when he led the largest farmworker strike in history in 1979. (Vernon McKnight — Herald Correspondent)

Salinas >> More than 150 nurses and patient advocates held a march and candlelight vigil in South Salinas on Thursday to protest patient care conditions and proposed nurse staffing cuts at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.

Marchers started on South Main Street in walked toward SVMH, following the route taken by late labor leader Cesar Chavez when he led the largest farmworker strike in history in 1979.